by Diane Geerlinks | Sep 22, 2016 | Blog, HELP AND HOPE for Struggling Learners
*This is PART 4 of a 4-part series “HELP AND HOPE for Struggling Students” The IEP student list seems to be growing. Is it true that more and more students are requiring extra help? Educators are expected to provide more specialized programming for their students....
by Diane Geerlinks | Sep 15, 2016 | Blog, HELP AND HOPE for Struggling Learners
*This is PART 3 of a 4-part series “HELP AND HOPE for Struggling Students” The job of teaching has changed dramatically since the one-room school house – grouping students by age, classroom sizes, ever changing curriculum guidelines, added extra curricular...
by Diane Geerlinks | Oct 31, 2015 | Blog
I’m a conference junkie, but let’s be real…there is only so much time, so many resources, so much energy that we, as educators, can afford to put into attending conferences. Are these conferences really worthwhile or a waste of everyone’s time and...
by Barbara Postma | Oct 1, 2015 | Blog
I once heard a fictional story of a woman who was planning a trip to Italy. Maybe you’ve heard this analogy, too? For years the woman had been planning the trip. She looked at photos of the scenery in the country, she dreamed about the food of the regions she would...
by Diane Geerlinks | Sep 3, 2015 | Blog
AHHH! School is about to begin and I still don’t have a tutor in place to help my struggling student succeed at his subjects. And is a tutor even the answer? As the first day of school approaches, tension fills the air in many homes. Will this year be as challenging...